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Becoming More Merciful
[On Sundays this year we are publishing a series from Ray that focuses on the Sermon on the Mount, analyzing each characteristic of godliness found in Matthew 5-7. Essay 1, Essay 2, Essay 3, Essay 4,...
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It Is Finished: Death on Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday is the ultimate celebration of life – the glorious victory over death and Hell – the rising from the tomb and ushering in of unimaginable joy. I love speaking in church on Easter, having...
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Learning to Be Okay With (and Maybe Love) Mother’s Day
“I hate Mother’s Day.” I did not say this, but I have heard it uttered (both online and in person) frequently throughout the years. And the list of LDS members who utter it is very, very long: Married...
View ArticleThey Shall Be Called the Children of God
Those who are peacemakers are promised that they will be called the children of God. The following is something I wrote a few years ago about what it really means to be called a child of God: I have...
View ArticleBe Still: And There Was a Great Calm
In trying to understand more deeply what it means to be a peacemaker, I was struck by the way that the following account is worded: And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he...
View ArticleSpheres of Peacemaking
Following up on my post last Sunday, it struck me as I considered Jesus’ calming of the storm that there are different “spheres” or types of peace – which means, in a very real way, one can be a...
View ArticleMy Testimony of “The Prince of Peace”
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The...
View ArticleAddiction Recovery for Real Life
Addiction comes in many forms. It would not be a stretch to think that as a world we have not been introduced to all of those forms. While some may feel as if addiction has not affected their life,...
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Change
Slowly drifting far away within the wood of bonded clay breaking bands with public light which skews amongst the cabin’s fright. “Take me on (I want to stay?) it won’t be long before I say that moving...
View ArticleFaith to Forgive Grievous Harms: Accepting the Atonement as Restitution
There is a podcast, Mormon Discussion, that I listen to on a regular basis and I feel can offer some good resources for those struggling with a faith crisis. After hearing a talk given by James Rasband...
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